Sentencing

It's Still All Reagan's Fault

5/6/2008 2:40 PM ET
Eric Eckholm on two studies of the drug war: "More than two decades after President Ronald Reagan escalated the war on drugs, arrests for drug sales or, more often, drug possession are still rising."

Reporter Laments "Record Numbers Incarcerated," Ignores Drop in Crime Rate

4/8/2008 1:54 PM ET
Times reporter (and former Jimmy Carter appointee) looks back with regret at the "get tough" laws that doomed hundreds of thousands to recidivism.
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